Others who worked with Obama reached similar conclusions. He doesnt listen to anyone, a former top economic aide told a friend. Outsiders invited to meet with him concluded it was all for show, that he was not interested in what they had to say.

That he rarely talks to congressional leaders, including fellow Democrats, has become such a staple of Washington that it has ceased to be news. He apparently believes it is beneath him to consult or get into the details of legislation.

Then again, he doesnt talk to members of his Cabinet much either, so hes consistent in his isolation. He reportedly watched last years Super Bowl alone.

All of which begs the initial question: Whats to like about Barack Obama? Sure, hes got that big smile and the cool factor of being young and the first black president, but is that all there is? And is it enough?

Consider that, in a nation where millions are out of work with no hope of finding any, and where America faces serious security threats, we have a president who cant handle criticism or disagreement, and who marches only to the drummer in his head.

His estrangement echoes Herman Melvilles protagonist in Bartleby, the Scrivener, the mysterious oddball who answers work requests with, I would prefer not to.

But lets give Obama his greatest due. He did manage to get elected president, which means he fooled more than half the people once. As one of those suckers in 2008, Im still wondering how he hid that contempt from so many people for so long.

As one of those suckers in 2008, Im still wondering how he hid that contempt from so many people for so long.

Ummm, he didn't hide it, Michael. Everything was there to see for anyone who wanted to - the incompetence, the contempt, the socialism, and more - except people like you (and most of Big Leftist Media) deliberately chose NOT to look too critically, and instead imagined he was some kind of super-healer.

He is an introvert who genuinely doesn’t like people. Not the kind of person you want in a leadership position. It must mentally exhaust him to be around people and have to give speeches all the time. The perks of the Office and the chance to enforce his ideology on everyone is probably the only thing driving him.

Barack Obama won in 2008 because people made him out to be whom they wanted. He was fresh, exciting and offered the country something it hadn’t seen before - and he was full of promise. That is the Obama the country voted to have as its President.

I think people responded very positively to that Obama and they still do. The problem for Obama is he is no longer that kind of man and these days he seems distant, petty and small. That is the real reason for his looming defeat as well as on account of his mismanagement of the economy.

Obama will be remembered as a footnote in the history books, as a guy who offered us the moon and never got us as a nation, there.

He is a very odd man. Can’t figure him out & feel there is a lot we don’t know. I wonder if the “real” Obama will be revealed once he leaves office and no longer has to put up a fake veneer just to impress.

Ummm, he didn’t hide it, Michael. Everything was there to see for anyone who wanted to ......

His most telling moment in the 2008 campaign was when he pretended to scratch his nose with his middle finger after mentioning McCain. A real low-life thing to do, especially considering what McCain endured in North Vietnam. The Press totally ignored it.

...rarely talks to congressional leaders, including fellow Democrats... He apparently believes it is beneath him to consult or get into the details of legislation... Then again, he doesnt talk to members of his Cabinet much either, so hes consistent in his isolation.

Along this same line of criticism, one of the most under reported stories of the Obama Presidency is how not even the Democratic Senate ever supported any of his budgets (not counting the very first one). This fact just lays out there and to me, it just says everything about Obama’s failure of leadership and communication.

It’s certainly true the House of Reps don’t like Obama but, its just as true that the Dem led senate doesn’t like him either. He’s apparently a pariah in his own party and this fact alone is enough to vote him out.

Along this same line of criticism, one of the most under reported stories of the Obama Presidency is how not even the Democratic Senate ever supported any of his budgets...

My take on the budgets is different. The Dems knew that by not approving a new budget, they would use baseline increases on the old budget as spending guidelines. That way they were able to spend more than they ever could with any budget that would have passed both the House and Senate. So, none of Obama's budgets were serious, and he and his Party were aligned despite the vote.

Oh I think he is far more disdainful than we believe. If he spoke what he truely believed we wouln’t be in this Hellish nightmare! He has fooled the weak minded but even they would be horrified with the truth.

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